
What's at stake for trade, Taiwan and Iran in Trump's high-risk summit with China's Xi
China experts expect Trump and Xi may announce trade deals or other agreements, such as a Chinese purchase of U.S. agricultural products or Boeing aircraft.
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China experts expect Trump and Xi may announce trade deals or other agreements, such as a Chinese purchase of U.S. agricultural products or Boeing aircraft.

Amazon has been gradually speeding up its delivery windows, after getting customers hooked on two-day and next-day shipping.

Colloquially, OCD is known as the doubting disorder. In his new book How to Not Know, Simone Stolzoff explores whether treating that uncertainty with magic mushrooms can help people through it.

Amazon says its new ultra-fast delivery option brings groceries, household essentials, and other items to customers’ doors in 30 minutes.

Automate your pool cleaning with these surface-skimming, wall-scrubbing robots.

It remains the deadliest single attack in the war on Iran so far. On the 28th February, a missile strike hit a school in Minab in Hormozgan Province. 155 people died, including 120 children. According to US media, a preliminary American military investigation found that the strike was made in error: the actual target was an adjacent Islamic Revolutionary Guards Military Base. FRANCE 24's correspondent Ali al-Basha gained rare access to the bombsite, he brings us this report.

Taxpayers and first home buyers are the winners in Labor’s 2026 budget, while rich families could be among the losers. Find out who is better off and who is worse off in Chalmers’ budgetFederal budget 2026 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all

The red carpet has been rolled out at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in the south of France, with twelve days of nonstop world premieres before culminating with the Palme d'Or on May 23. But unlike other years, Hollywood is largely absent this year, which 'is highly unusual', as FRANCE 24's Emma Jones explains straight from Cannes.

Palestinian couples gathered for a mass wedding ceremony in Gaza organised amid rubble and displacement.

Across France there's a race against time to break the chain of Hantavirus transmission. Twenty-two close contacts with the virus have been identified. They will all be placed in quarantine. One of these identified close contacts is set to be hospitalised in Rennes, in the west of France. To combat the virus, the government has announced that it will hold two crisis meetings a day.
Judy Marks, CEO of one of the world's largest elevator companies, says new grads have an edge in the job market.

Ahead of the second day of the Africa Forward summit, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that it had raised 23 billion euros in investment on the continent. As France pitches a 'partnership of equals' with African countries, it aims to distance itself from its neocolonial past. This comes as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries, which has been seen as a sign of its declining influence on the continent. FRANCE 24's Tom Canetti tells us more on what to expect from

Jordanians looking for a bargain are being scammed with false promises of cheap gold in a growing trend of online fraud.

The deadly air attack comes just days before Israeli and Lebanese officials are due to meet in Washington.

NDIS changes foreshadowed by health minister Mark Butler will drastically reduce access to the scheme, with nearly 700 staff positions to go at NDIAFederal budget 2026 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our

Oil prices continued to climb on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was "on massive life support". Meanwhile, the CEO of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, told analysts the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has generated a loss of 100 million barrels every week. Also in this edition: Trump wants to scrap the US federal gas tax to help consumers deal with the impact of the war in Iran.

The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organisation.

Labor’s ambitious and politically risky tax reform aims to help first home buyers and foster intergenerational fairnessFederal budget 2026 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our
Customers are suing Nike and others over IEEPA tariff refunds. The companies are facing lawsuits as refund payments begin to roll out.

Launching into the magic of the Altman-osphere could prove to be quite a windfall

As ships reroute around Africa to avoid Middle East conflict zones, piracy off Somalia is back. The resurgence is driving up insurance, transit times and security costs, putting new pressure on global supply chains.

It's part of yet another ambitious pivot for the UK car maker.

Analysts have slashed the odds of Starmer facing a leadership challenge by September.

Prime minister says process for challenging a leader has not been triggered and Labour should get on with governing• UK politics live – latest updates•